Making a Picture Book from Start to Finish
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- (NOTE: Please do not contact me for illustration work; I do not take on self-published projects and only accept work directly through publishers via my agent.)
Hello Art Friends! I'm Anoosha Syed, a professional children's book illustrator and today I'm going to go step-by-step in how I illustrate picture books. Specifically, I AM PERFECTLY DESIGNED, written by Karamo and Jason Brown, published by Henry Holt & Co (Macmillan) in 2019.
I will be talking about the following:
00:00 - Intro
03:35 - How I got the Job (Through Twitter!)
05:48 - Character Design
10:46 - Designing a Cover
19:30 - Sketching Interiors
27:57 - Clean Up and Revisions
31:06 - Placing your Text
33:39 - Color Blocking and Color Palettes
35:34 - Final Color
37:43 - When You and Your Publisher Have Different Ideas
39:32 - Conclusion
In my next video I'll be talking about how to get an agent. Stay tuned for that!
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All music is from Epidemic Sound
Outro music by Louie Zong
Hey guys! Sorry, I know the music in this video is pretty loud; I made the video when I was first starting out and didn’t really understand video editing haha.
All my videos after this have much better audio, I promise! I also have another video going over my picture book process if you’d like to check it out! :)
NOTE: I only take on picture book projects directly from publishers, so unfortunately I cannot illustrate your book idea!
Thank you so much for sharing, i will ne following you to learn more. Please what do you use to draw the images?
@@glenysregina9135 Procreate is what she uses!
@@tinkerandteal thanks alot for sharing
Please take the music out and repost.
Aw, I was actually enjoying the music. It was so relaxing, like we were chatting in a coffee shop but you were doing all the talking. ;) In fact, I was going to comment about the music being nice anyway and not that annoyingly perky yuke with bells and whistling that everyone else uses. (BTW, I love uke, just not perky yuke, haha).
I know why "certain people" ask, "why do you share?" It's because they never share. They like to steal other people's ideas, talents, culture, land then claim them as their own. They're well known around the world this but they never want to share. Thank you for sharing this. You know you're talented and you believe in your own talents. You don't have to be afraid of everyone else's success.....BEAUTIFUL!!!
Thank you!! I’ve learned that other people’s success has nothing to do with your own; the other artists aren’t taking opportunities away from you, there’s plenty of opportunities to go around. Instead of competing with artists it’s more important to help each other. I believe that when I help others, the kindness will come back around to me. :)
@@AnooshaSyed it certainly will! Thank you so much. I need to make some drawings for my children's book because I don't have money to pay someone, I sure appreciate your videos. I subscribed. Blessings to you and yours and be safe out there!😁🙏🏽⚘
God orchestrates everything. God sees this. Jesus loves you. Blessed to be a blessing. All glory goes to God!
You are so right. People are quick to ask you to share, and once you do, they are like vultures. Being on CZcams as a content creator for the last 7 years I can say this is true. I have learned to share when I am ready and share what it is that I desire. I have also started classes and have written a book. Sometimes, you have to set boundaries and give without bias. It is hard, but there are so many ways to deal with this.
Well said! Absolute truth.
This was awesome. I am so down for you talking hours about each page spread, this was super insightful. Thank you!
Yay! Thank you!
How can I contact you for a project?
Thank you for watching! I hope this video gave some insight on the picture book process. Speaking of, what are your favourite picture books?
I'm hoping to illustrate my first book. Thank you so much for this!
Best of luck!!
I love a picture book called "Prince and Night"
I illustrate myself, however I’m very new to digital art, I have been experimenting various platforms and do enjoy it. Thank you for explaining the process, it was a great incite.
@@PCG thank you!
As a teacher of children's literature, I find the depth of explanation extremely helpful. The commentary foregrounds the relationship between print and visual elements, which is a key course conversation.
You are Amazing!! Thank you for sharing this, Anoosha! And NONE OF WHAT YOU SHARE IS EVER BORING! 🥰🤩🥳🥰
You're the best! Thank you!
INCREDIBLY appreciative to be able to see your process. I'm not an illustrator (lol) - I'm a musician, but love to see how other people in the arts go about doing their thing. This is great!
Thank you so much !
Thank you for posting this. I've got an assignment to illustrate a picturebook with complete freedom and had no idea on how to go about it. This helps a lot.
Thank you SO MUCH for this comprehensive look into not only your workflow, but also the collaboration you have with the publisher and manuscript.
This is soooo helpful for illustration students (like me)! I honestly can't thank you enough, just trying to illustrate my own book for the first time and the whole process seems so daunting, but watching someone break down their process step-by-step is amazing!!
I’m glad it was helpful for you! I have more videos that cover book illustration which I hope can provide more insight :)
MAHALO Anoosha for this! I'm constantly building my portfolio and illustration for children's book was something I was encouraged to do but I still needed a sort of briefing on how to handle it. This video was the KEY to it. Thank you for this resource
Congratulations on your wedding! I learned so much from watching your video! I loved the detail you delved into with regard to choices of color, responding to changes and notes from the publisher, composition of the pages, and the big picture of how they work together. You are a talented illustrator and very kind to share so much of your knowledge with the viewer. Don't worry. You could never be boring! I'm fascinated by the details.
this is amazing. I'm illustrating my first-ever children's book and I hit a big wall: HOW TO GET STARTED. Then I came across your video and you really inspired me! Thank you so much for this video. It was not only pragmatic but also encouraging!
You got this!
I'm so proud of you, and Canadian too, I have written a few kids books, but still waiting on an Illustrator, so this is amazing to see the process, Thank you :)
A couple weeks ago my 4 year old picked this book from the library. As we read it before bed I kept saying to myself “this is why I want to write and illustrate children’s books”. Then I stumbled on your CZcams! My son LOVED this book, and I loved your art.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I was recently interviewed as a candidate to be an illustrator for a children’s book. I’m hoping they choose me, but so nervous as this would be my first book. Your videos have been great! Thank you!
You are so welcome! And best of luck :)
This was so educational!!! I’m a writer and I have always been so curious about the illustration process. Thank you so much for such a detailed and fun video!! ❤️❤️❤️
You’re welcome!
This is truly great. You are so kind and generous for sharing your process and tools.
Thank you SOOO much for this video!! I was a big fan of the colour breakdown of each cover. Super informative and really helpful! I'm feeling inspired 🤩
Glad it was helpful!
This was so helpful!!! :D Thank you :D
Loved every bit, the color thought process, composition, etc.
I'm so glad!
Thank you for being so authentic and honest about your work! I learned so much from this video!
You are so welcome!
Thank you SO much for making this video Anoosha! So so helpful and I especially loved the sketching / color concept segment. Loved it❤
You are so welcome!
I've watched this video a few times now. Thank you for sharing! I appreciate your generosity. ❤
This was a really awesome video! Thanks for your honesty and all the information you have shared!
Thank you so much for this amazing info! I've been working in this industry like suddenly and with no previous studies and the info you provide is super helpful for me!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the description of your beatiful and amazing illustration job!!!!
This was such a great video! So helpful. And your art is so beautiful!
Thanks for the video! This was really interesting to learn about. and even though I don't have any specific questions right now, I would love to listen to a q&a.
Glad it was helpful!
i adore this book. i follow your art but happened upon the book at a store and snatched it up! this was a great video and i would love to see more about your illustrating and painting process
Thank you for supporting my work!! And I'll keep your suggestions in mind :)
oh my gosh congratulations on your wedding! Your video was super helpful and articulate thank you so much!!
Yay! Thank you!
Congratulations on your wedding and thank you so much for this video. I am currently taking Vanessa Brantley Newton's class on Storyteller Academy and that is what led me to this video showing up on my feed. Really enjoyed watching it and appreciate all the insights.
Oh I love Vanessa, thank you for watching!
What an incredible video - so so helpful!! - Thank you for sharing your process for those of us who really want to succeed with this type of work!
Thank you so much :)
That is amazing 🥁❤️. A job well done 🤗
Thank you for all the information! I'm glad I found your channel!
You are so welcome!
Thank you for sharing everything from start to finish. Very helpful, and I look forward to more of your videos. It is so generous and kind of you to share your process. Many thanks.
Thank you so much!
Great content, Anoosha! Love your art and super helpful summary on how you work. Thanks!
Thank you so much!
Hi Anoosha! Very informative and beautiful video... Thank youuu! the music did not distract me at all! So happy for your career!
Thankyou so much for being so generous in sharing your process! Please dont cut down the thought process! its not boring at all!!! it was very very very very very helpful!
Thank you so much! I'm glad you found it helpful :)
Thank you for sharing your experiences with us! I find this all very helpful. I hope to become an illustrator once my kids are all in school 🤞🏽
You are so welcome! And best of luck!! :)
I love books and I love the style of your illustrations, so this was a super interesting video to watch! Thanks!
Thank you so much!
Thank you, Anoosha! Such an honest and informative video!
I’m glad it was helpful!
You are really amazing! The time and dedication that you took absolutely fabulous.
Thank you so much!
This was so informative. Great Breakdown. Beautiful Book! Thank you! :D
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for sharing this! Thank you for explaining all the steps and changes and the while process. I would never have known all this without your video. The book looks amazing you did a great job.
Thank you!!
That was really interesting. Thank you for that 🙋🏼♀️
Thank you for taking the time to go over your entire process and make this video! I'm happy you decided to start posting youtube videos about your career because your insight and experiences are very interesting and valuable. I don't go on social media much if at all anymore, but I remember there were times where you looked down your work--as all of us do, but I want you to know that I genuinely love your style (both marks and color). It feels very warm and your shape language is very nice to look at. I love seeing your work evolve and I always enjoy seeing what you make, whatever it is. Or even hearing about a project or idea you're enjoying, even if you never end up putting it on the internet. I'm also considering children's book illustration, so you opening up and talking about your process, experiences, etc. etc. is very helpful. I was too nervous to come up at talk with you when I saw your table last lightbox, maybe next time I'll say hello if you table again when we're all back to in-person conferences/conventions, haha.
Anyways, I hope you have a great week/year and congrats on your marriage! Stay safe.
Thank you! Please come by next year if conventions are back on again haha
Wow, I'm so glad and grateful I spotted you on a Procreate video and searched you out on IG and YT. Fantastic video. I'm off to watch more! 😃
Thank you!
i wish more people were this transparent about their work! this was so helpful!
Thank you!!
You are refreshingly modest, despite your talent! I just discovered your channel and have been watching all the back videos. They are so helpful. And yes, I love seeing all the color studies!
Thank you so much!
This was such a beautifully illustrated book ! I loved how diverse all the character representation was in the book . I’d love if you’d be willing to speak to a local school in bklyn New York about your experience . Please let me know how to get in touch .
Usually I don't love social media for getting illustration work because it's so passive, but Twitter allows to reach art directors directly so it's a really great way to do it! Lovely work you have, it was fascinating to see your process :)
Thank you so much!
This video was so helpful! I appreciate how transparent you are about your process! I love the book! I would also love to see a video on your youtube set up, its so professional and nice!
Thank tou!
Loved this video. Thank you for sharing Anoosha. You are so talented!
Thank you!!
This is such a great video! So informational and helpful.
Your video was so so so so helpful! The page design and flow was extremely insightful and eye-opening. I am going to be re-watching it in the future! Amazing job
I actually saw that book in Waterstones and thought, hey that looks good, picked it up and had a read through it - who knew I'd find out you were actually the illustrator lol!! This is such a helpful insightful video Anoosha, thank you so much! I'm just quit my job to start out on this path so your videos are reassuring me 😂❤️
Omg no way! Thank you I'm glad you enjoyed the video!!
just found your channel! So happy I did, this helps me out a lot since I am just starting out as a children's book illustrator. Your art is really amazing and inspirational :) thank you for sharing all this information, I don't feel as lost anymore and I hope we will get to see even more children's book illustrated by you in the future
Thank you so much!!
that was so helpful! I'm so glad I found your videos, you are so talented!!!!
I hope not to bother you, but do you have any exercise to improve ideas for layouts? I have a really hard time during storyboarding a story, not knwoing if I can improve the camera on the scene , in a cinematic illustration or how to get the message clear in a more illustrative page.
In any case thank you again for this video, I'm going to binge watching your contents
I am so glad I found your CZcams channel! What an inspiring video, you are really great at story-telling :)
Thank you!
Really loved how you put this together. Thanks a dozen!
Thank you!
Beautiful work , big congratulations 🎈 I’m exploring the options to creating Children’s books 📚 and Your vídeo came to me, looking forward to see more of your work. Have a wonderful day!
Thank you so much!!
So so so insightful, I’m not an illustrator and not really thinking of being one but you had my attention start to finish.
Very well made, you are wonderful !
Thank you!
Hi! I've read the book, I love both the story and the illustrations! And with you, sharing on the process helped me a lot in understanding picture books. Thank you.
Thank you!
Anoosha! This was amazing! I loved how detailed and transparent you were throughout your process.. I loved the color portion as well and the different designs you went through for the cover of the book. I noticed that around 35:46 the sound got a bit loud. Oh! Ans a composition video would be great. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you so much!!
I love this video! It's really cool to get a little insight into every step of the process:) also, the colors you used are so beautiful❤
Thank you!
congratulations on being apart of such an uplifting message. Seeing your book in Target is a wonderful bonus! Smart designs.
Thank you!
This was an awesome video! Such gorgeous work! Thanks for sharing :)
Thank you!
So glad I found your channel🌸
I have learned so much from this video!!! It’s was pure joy to watch! Thank you!
You’re welcome!
Hey Anoosha! Congratulations on your wedding! I hope it was amazing. I rarely leave comments, but I couldn't help myself this time. Your videos are some of the most insightful and helpful I've seen in a while. Thank you so so much for all the effort you clearly put into them. When you started talking about colors I was like "Yes!! Tell me everything!" so I thought it was hilarious when you asked if it's boring. Hell no! Looking forward to the Q&A already.
Thank you so much!!
Your video got recommended on YT and everyone must be saying this already but YOUR EYES ARE AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL! Also this video is amazing too, thanks!
Thank you so much!
Thank you. I am writing and illustrating my first children's book and have been so nervous. This video has really put me at ease.
Thank you!
I am above to self publish my 1st children's book. Your videos are really helpful and it gives a confidence for the creative and marketing process. Thank you Anoosha :)
Best of luck!
Thank you so much.
This is amazing video. Very helpful for me. You are doing great...💞💞💞
This is so generous and interesting. Thank you so much. 💓
I love your art style girlie 🧊♥️. Currently writing my own children’s book at 14, hopefully it does well.
Best of luck!
I so get it when you talked about character consistency from page to page.
I just found you. WOW you gave SO much amazing information in this video. Thank you! And side note - you have lovely hands! : )
LOL When you mentioned the animated cameo, that episode of Arthur immediately came to mind - even before you put up the image. I remember thinking Matt Damon looked like a monster! LOLOL That being said, I am a caricature artist and I know Matt Damon is really hard to draw.
Great Video, we are looking at illustrating our first book and this is very useful! Thank you
You’re welcome!
Amazing video, your illustrations are beautiful! Just subscribed and really looking forward to watching more of your content.
Thank you so much!
Your work is amazing!
Thank you for sharing this! Very interesting to see your process!
You just saved my life, young lady.
Talented AND generous❣️
Thank you!
Great tips and great journey! Congrats and thank you.
Thanks so much!
Oh por dios, I love this video so much! I really want to start illustrating children books and having this process explained is simply amazing. I do hope you can make a video about character design and an Q&A. Sending you big hugs!
Thank you so much! I'll keep these video ideas in mind :)
Hello, Thank you so so much for this video and such deep insight and freely and lovingly shared information. Your pride and love for your craft shines through in every moment.
Glad it was helpful! :)
This content was reallllly helpful. I'm a young illustrator myself and struggle with simar issues while now working on my first book commission work. 😣 It was super helpful to see inside your progress and to know that I'm not alone. ☺
Thank you so much!!
your art is so beautiful! thank you for sharing 💞
Thank you :)
i am glad to found this channel, thx for videos.
So interesting and helpful! Definitely going to subscribe❤️ also, I really enjoyed when you talked about colour thought process, thanks for caring about our opinion and interest❤️❤️
Thank you so much! :)
Wonderful information, really helpful and insightful, thank you!
You are so welcome!
Anoosha!!! Oh my goodness how I enjoyed your video and your honesty!! You sound so much like myself and I totally agree with what you have shared. Every time I work on a book it's like doing it for the first time all the time. LOL!! People think as illustrators that this is always fun that it is super duper easy for us, but we are working with large publishers and others who have opinions and we have to be true to ourselves and the project that we are working on. I am almost 100 books in now and its been wild and wonderful. I am so very grateful for every single book that I had the joy of doing. Thank you so much for your transparency it is so very refreshing and beautiful! Hopefully I will get to meet you at a book festival at some point! You are the bomb girl! Keep doing the beautiful work that you are creating. I just purchase Boy and Monster. Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Hi Vanessa! Thank you for your kind words and for watching, I'm a big fan of your work :)
I definitely hope we are able to meet in the future!
Thank you for sharing the process that helps a lot. I really appreciate for time and value you providing us. In Love with your work really simple and amazing art.
thank you!
This is amazing and so helpful! Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful!
This was super helpful! I love that you talked about the things you struggled with because then we don't feel so alone in the world lol and the color concept was not boring at all.. thank you so much for not glossing over it ..it's always better to have more then less... definitely following you ❤️
Thank you so much!
i really enjoyed the video and amazed at the final results. i like how you created an actual book and the process involved. i am glad you included everything and showed the visual of the book as you went along. very informative and helpful
thank you!!
Love this video thank you for the color concept
You're welcome!
I enjoyed your video. Looking forward to your next upload! Have a happy day.
Thank you so much!
thank you for uploading this video. I am currently doing an online children illustration course. this helped me out a lot. It is a beautiful book. x
Thank you!